新奇事件簿 母親睡眠嚴(yán)重不足

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This news might not come as a great surprise to mothers, but a new study confirms that moms (and mums) get less sleep than fathers. Researchers at Georgia Southern University in the USA analyzed data on the sleeping habits and patterns of nearly 3,000 women and 3,000 men. They wanted to get to the bottom of what affects adults' sleep. The researchers discovered that having children in the house leads to sleep deprivation in many mothers. Motherhood significantly reduced the number of hours a mother slept each night. Unsurprisingly, this had an adverse effect on mothers' energy levels and tiredness during the day. The study found that fathers' sleep remained largely unaffected by having kids in the house.

對于許多母親來說，這個消息或許一點都不奇怪，但是一項新的研究證實了這一點，母親們的睡眠少于父親。美國喬治亞南方大學(xué)的研究人員分析了近3000名女性和3000名男性睡眠習(xí)慣和睡眠模式的數(shù)據(jù)。他們希望弄清影響成年人睡眠的因素。研究人員發(fā)現(xiàn)，家里有孩子會剝奪許多母親的睡眠。做母親大大減少了母親每晚的睡眠時間。毫不意外，這對母親的精力產(chǎn)生了負(fù)面影響，造成日間疲憊。研究發(fā)現(xiàn)，家里有孩子對父親的睡眠影響不大。

The study reveals that children were the biggest cause of mothers being sleep deprived. Dr Kelly Sullivan, co-author of the report, said each child increased a woman's risk of getting insufficient sleep by 46 per cent. In addition, 48 per cent of mothers under 45 reported getting an average of seven hours of sleep a night, compared with 62 per cent of women of the same age who did not have children at home. Dr Sullivan said a lack of sleep negatively impacts physical and mental well-being. It increases the risk of diabetes, obesity, cardiovascular disease, and depression. She added: "It's important to learn what is keeping people from getting the rest they need so we can help them work towards better health."

研究披露，孩子是母親睡眠不足最大的原因。這份報告的聯(lián)合作者Kelly Sullivan博士表示，每個孩子都會導(dǎo)致母親睡眠不足的可能性增加46%。此外，48%的45歲以下母親報告平均每晚睡七個小時，62%的同年齡段家里沒有孩子的女性平均每晚睡眠七個小時。Sullivan博士說，缺乏睡眠會對身體和精神健康產(chǎn)生負(fù)面影響。睡眠不足會增加糖尿病，肥胖，心血管疾病和抑郁癥的風(fēng)險。她補充說：“了解妨礙人們獲得充足睡眠的原因非常重要，這樣我們就可以幫他們提高健康平。”